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Music From KQBD in San Francisco, I'm Nina Kim.

Coming up on forum, climatologist Michael Mann and vaccine expert Peter Hotez

say we're in an anti-science superstorm. It's upended federal health agencies, defunded research,

and weaponized media to advance its agenda. Here's Joe Rogan last year. Global warming,

you just move to where it's not so warm, and that's what people have done

forever.

Now, some of the nation's most vocal anti-science figures are in major positions of power.

We talk to Hotez and Mann about their daily battles against disinformation, the personal

toll they've taken, and why they say we all must work to counter the anti-science threat.

Their new book is Science Under Siege. Join us.

Hey, it's Mina Kim. We've got a short pledge break going on right now, so you on the

pledge free stream, or podcast, or nighttime replay, get a little bonus. My team's been reflecting

on some of our favorite forum moments, and so often we bring up listener calls, your stories about moments of joy or

pain, or about encounters that stay with you for the rest of your lives. For Caller Mark,

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